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MONDAY, JHfW H m PAOTWO TKS COLtJMWJt ftAtLT COUHISA Tin Ufcwta iiy fribi tuMied every wooing except Sunday. Klteere Surkhead. WH KHfort) Publisher ,Edllnr Entered a econdlas mailer al the : poMtofflce at Columbus, N. M. ftf Tin ' 1 Mil I 1 1 J fM Ta Associated Pre It exclusive ly entitled to the uo for publteu lion ot all new dispatches crcdlled lo II or not otherwise credited In this -paper and alio llie total new published herein. suiisuiuptio.n hates. Per' single copy ....I .03 Olio wc:k ..... 0 Onq' month - .5 TlMe monllu . Sxi BCT month! - 30 Ono ear m ADVEHTIBINO IIATE3. Ono Insertion, per inch... 30e Six Insertions, per Inch.-. ...0c Classified aila and reading notice, lOlceut per lino; by tho month, 8 cent. Monday, June Hi, t'XJO. SOUH filUI'KS. (Dcmlng draptilr. There never hai neon n time Jn Ihcfhlstory of the cmlnly that tho lax list cult IOuo for pulillrallon. Tho. fart Is tlx tax llntx for lli year from 1UI8 up to and luchidlng the IDIH tax list, which was pub lished In IIMU covering seven yearn -cost, less than IOOU. All oilier county print inr has lcen given to each of the paem us the officer or county commissioners saw fll the graphic having had a Mitre of thai printing. The llradlight has nut always lecn the official organ for Ihe county printing. If he had lakrn the pain to investigate, lie would have learned that thfl Oraphic was appointed Ihe official paper hy Ihe rnmmlinnr In Ihft year 1017. and held Hip ap lilntment until January. IDIH. Yean ajn Ihey were custodian of Ihe print ing lie.fore Ihe year 1012 for several yiani. The Graphic says Hie Demo, rtattc friends have tried to turn Ihe printing to that piper. Democratic frlendt were Ihe ones that did turn tho "printing lo the Graphic, and It Is Democratic (t) friend of the Graphic who made II possible to turn the printing to the Columbus Courier, an lndeienilrnt paper, not (von an lndeMndent iMnnrralir pa per. Thif.cnunly neat is the place where Ihe paper for tho publication of the official PuoIiipm should be chosen. .Not rtlculariy Wause it Is tho lleadlighl. or Yal't paper, bill because there are more people re ceive Ihe eounly tent tmper and be cause nine-tenth of Hie people of llie county who pay laxe are in- rated In Dcmlng or immcuialeiy no lucent to Dcmlng; and should not b compelled lo have U lake two or throij county paer In order lo keep iHislcd as to wlial llie county nil!- olaU are doing. It I not hurling Ihe lleaillighi t-artlrularly )ecans of this Iom of Ihe printing; from a financial standpoint, but there I a principle Involved, and we do not believe the taxpayer, whether Demo crat or Republican, will Hamilton Mich acliori of the county commit- sloner and their legal adyjscr. Ihe district attorney. Thi city printing ha been done by bolli the Graphic and the Head litltt. The Graphic nay tho city printing I nnl "easy money," be- ruusn 'of the deficit in tho rily tieMiiry." We have never heard of llif. rlly repudiating any of It bill, mil wo are grateful lo think that we can carry tho city account, If H ii any help to lha cltliei sd city government, until such lime at 11 is financially able lo ry. which will not bo Ion In any event. Wo havo carried an account with (he county a long as nlno month because II had no avallablo money to pay in bill. Hut we got It ami did not ask any Interest. The Headlight never asked a can didate or an officer for Ihe county printing: neither did anyone ever ask for bill for tho Idling of Uin roiinly printing. The county print- Ing was given to tho lleadlighl be- cause of the fact that It was con sidered Ihe party paper, helping lo elect the party ticket, a consistent Democrat through nil Ihe fat and Irun years, and was entitled lo any pulmnagohat the party rould give II. "To the victor lielongs Ihe oll,' and when Ihe stale and national tero Itrpubllcan. the Headlight ex. pre l m! noiiiing, got nothing, ami nail loo sticii pride as n ieinoerai in vrn eek recognition on the ground of a gn,id fellow and needing Ihe money. Whewl Not Democrallcl Ami the II. I t II.. 11..... I .Im. the folumbu Daily Courier a Demo-' era He delegate, from the slate of .New Mexico In the Democratic na tional ronvention al San Krnnelen to assist in the nomlnalinn of a liemocraltc president. 'llie farli are. IK Ihe lleadllah'. hail Ix-en MOItK DemormiK tnd I.K.S8 of a Christian Science Mnnlloe II probably would have retained Ihe county printing. Anyway, after all has liecn naiil uml done, and Ihe Headlight has ejxxod Its buntonv Ihe leaM that may be said of the Headlight Is that It is as Mir a loser as It is a poor news pa pur. The Columbus Dally Courier should worry at Ihe wall. We aro reslirig sedately easy with not oven mtirh as a snicker. CATS AM) IKMIS. Once-iiihiii a lime a philosophical writer Mlevlflg faMes carried tiMire weight limn logical reasoning wrote liMips I-able and at a later date lHn Hwlfl punisheil the I'jikII'Ii wrongdoer Willi his liglllvrrs and both related apiarenl tnilhs Willi an undervein of sarrasm thai had much to do with making existing conditions ridiculous and thereby rlglillng them. .Hoi'" fable of two dogs quarreling over a Imne Willi such Inlrnlivcness that a third one. unnoticed, snatched tho bone ami made off with II. has a striking simile In the letting of tho rouuly pi inline Willi the muimlius Con rler lakiug Ihe pari of Hie third canine. Alicuil Willie the Oilumbus (jiurler has never published tho lax list it is in gross error when II says it never had any public patron ago from Dm county commis sioner, or I.una counly. It ha done Job and legal printing of no mean proiortlons during tho past few vears. A lot of bull about red leaded slrnographrj-s, etc.. does not rover up luurndoes and Insinuations regarding the truth when you are expecting lo create a sentiment for your sup port. -Iteming Headlight. The alwive reads all right, even In Ihe Daily Courier, except the word "hull ' Such an egregious word palls upon a lover of good Kugllsli. As In Hie Courier "doing Job and legal printing of no mean proportions, ir.iKislble! There were three, ills. unri rnailri mortgages nn ihe Cou rler when llie presou! management purchased II for. listen, fZto rnsh. hetlliig back to red headed slewing. raphrr, however Ely and llnmsey nl the rale of progress they are maKing (in noi now anil probably never will need county printing or mortgage. mmmmmmmmmmmmmiJf V.hcnwcr the twHeemcft la unlet IIuhi town, Catch a Usks at4eU Or nab a ihujr who ht knocked SXIWll ,)MW''WIl, , ' , And niado a reUwr wMi M emtft or ore: . , I 4 And find Ihe burglar, thug or octN; nary scamp, Once served his country for single day, t iilil be beat It from some Texas Irnlnlnif rami). Why ilo'lhe local paper always bray l.xPenlce Man Caught stealing f)n?" The oilier rrooM who lanmtlsh In a sleel barred cell. Were never branded In our fettle press. It makes a omMimo soldier mad as 'ell I Msteu, headline writers, turn about' lair play. Why not run a double-decker, end make It good and black, Slackers Hob a Hank and Get AWay?" Or "Shipyard Worker Bhoot Po liceman in the Uackf Lew Tennant, 8.VNTA KK, N. M. June 2ar If a iicomtncndallon made by I tin Tax payers' Association of New Mexico Is favorably arlcd iixin by tlm next serslon of the stale legislature, and a constitutional amendment Is rail- fled by the people, this stalo will lie Ihe first In the Union to reduce Its effective stale officer to a governor mid lieutenant governor. Al a meeting of the association In OWnbor. IDIU. II wa recommended that Ihe numlier of elecllve officers lu redured to prevent duplication of work, provide for Ihe greater effi ciency and reduce slate expendi ture. I nder Ihe plan proposed Ihe governor would "nominate and by and with the consent of the senalo npiMihit all oilier stale executive and riiminisiradve officers created py ibe ronsliliillon or laws of Ihe state ol New Mexico, Including those here. oiler to lie created, and all such of. fleers shall bold llielr resperUve of. rin-s during Ihe pleasure of tho gov ernor. TDtk Btys An AmstMl fwJfM if $1,141 COI.OHADO SPIll.NGS. Colo. June Si. Three youths ranging In age from 13 lo 15 year have been or rested in connection with Ihe theft of tIMH from a crevice in tho base ment walls of a local theater where II was placed by George A. Uive- land, proprietor jif the theater. So, far ailK) of the money has been re rovrrcd. According to the story as the ixillce have pieced It together, LnVeland deposited his receipts in llin crack for several nights. Tues day a lioy of 13 had a package of cigarettes In bis ixickrt of which he wished lo lie rid before he went home. Ho went to the basement of tho theater to hide them and acci dentally rhose the same crark which I .o eland had used for a vault. El'KCIAI. 8ALK O.N ALI, HATS trimmed and unlrlmmcd at the Woman' Shop. 7-28 Dally Courier, 75c per month. Watchful Waiting --f'r' " ' ''''' Ji PROSPECTUS OF Mining Co. Authorixed Capital $400,000. Shnro Par Value $1.00 (SttMrday'g iswsc of the Dally Courier contained a description of the projwrtfet of th RohmIio Mlnttnl Cmhi any la the Hermina. The dcicriptlon it from a mla la cHfttmr's viewlt but technical termi are efchewed and the lanuax Is il pliclty itlf. Ai the reader follow the advcrtUement from day to day It will, If hl jtMsgmcitt U food, become a ground floor Inveitor ai well ai'a reader. It spells a hl mining company for Columkw. Editor.' . (Continued from Saturday.) Tho cjirly dajj miner, from Indica tion, sought for and found Ihcusuf face ores but pancd up Hie deeper deposits as unprovable, or, In nu merous cases, quit when Iho'iilrlnger of high grailo seemingly pinched tut, which In this district occurred ot Hie, .point where the high grade narrow slringrr entered I ho de posits of low grade ore, which fact lias but recently been conclusively proven In five distinct shaft In the district. The point overlooked by Hie first miners In thl district Is a slmplo one and llielr conclusions were no doubt based on Ihe theory that (hey were dealing with aurfaco deposit or gash veins which had no continuity with depth. Later duvel-' oimient prove beyond iloulit' Thai Ihey were missing Iho mark and. In stead of the ore pinching out with depth, and although tho surface stringers carrying high value 'wro enrlcfied by urfaee ogsncles, in re ality they had their inception and rwed their formation to the various rleinenls and chemical combination proceeding through and out of the vail deposits of low grade oro wllh which this district Is underlaid. Tho principle fault xone men tioned under Geology wllh partic ular reference to the properly of Ibis corporation Is occupied by dykes nfipiartxporphyry ore. Tho Waterloo shaft, fcvhleh al Iho pres ent tlmo has been sunk lo a depth nj 100 feel, was commenced on a ..arrow stringer of very high grade quarU, carylng gold, silver, lead and lion. Al n depth of 60 feel this slrlnger of qtiarlx liccame a part of a gradually widening quarlxpor phyry dyke. The first 60 feel of the short Is a rather decomposed ond rritshed granlllc imndiyry. From tho M foot level (o the bottom tho entire shaft si a muss of qunrUMirphyry cnrrylnn lead-silver in form of ga. Irna. Some copper as chalcopyrile can lie seen In certain plncrs. A,l tho bottom Is a level 25 feet long In Iho same material which has been opened up until it shows a width of 91 feel long In the .same material which has been opened up until It shows a width of fti reel. AH Ihe material showing below CO feel Is a Milld body of oro having a vvldlh of, not Irs than fret, with neither wall showing. (To be continued tomorrow.' Tenney Williams & Co., Brokers TUCSON, ARIZONA ttanE'gfMIgrlsfMM -tiwwr Silks: TiwttJMis Illy Associated l'ress.1 LONDON, Kngland, June IM-Two thousand ilrltlsh, (lei .nan, Austrian and Finnish prisoner of war were drowned when a llolshevlk steamer sunk recently In tho lllver Neva, according to a llelslngror dispatch lo he Central News Agency today. A lteuler' dispatch from, Stock holm seemingly confirms the Ink Ing of the ship, saying Hie ship sunk on 'June 0 wllh two Ihmisand re patriated prisoner aboard, without mentioning any loss of life. WsrttHC YOc' cAN BUY IT. The Daily Courier Is on sate every day at Columbus Theater Lobby Clgsr SUnd. Jack'a New Stand. JIHIIItlilHIHHIIWimilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIj I WHAT WILL YOU BE ! I WHEN YOU ARE SIXTY-FIVE? 1 niiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis 1 s You will bo ahead or behind. Iho game. That Is cer- Uilnl Hut It all deicnds on what you do now. Of Iho nvewgc 100 peoplo Just I 1 wealthy at 85; 5 s only 3 nro well to no; merely 0 are living on their In- g H s: comes; 51 oro living on friends and charily; 30 die be- 5 H fore reaching their fi5l!i birthday. H is easy to (ell who f had a bank account, 1 ,' The odds aro stacked against you 87 to I if you don't 1 savo a llttlo every pay day. OIL! OILI diLt Now Is tho tlmo to Invest, boforo tho big boom comes. Three rlgH aro busy drilling, and wo will know very toon whether or not oil Is here In paying quantities. , Now la tho tlmo lo lako a ohanco; It may bo a big chance, but If you win, YOU WILL WIN 1110. A small investment NOW may mako you INDKI'ENDKNT I'Oll I.IFK. ' Wo havo DHILLING 8ITK8 with in 300 feel or Valley well for 23 und glvo a Warranty Deed In ame. Tho uulck money made I on proi- crty closest to production, a you can sell. Icaio or. urli I. -"Wo havo tO-acrn oil and gas leases midway between Angdus and Valley wells for $iX). ' Wo have deeded land for sale In lOucro tract from I5 lo 75 per laCre. Tb Is V ago w bo a CITY over night If a UUSHKIl I brought In anii-lown nronerlr will advanco Ikv yond Iho reach of tho small nvestor. Timea price. ;; IT WILL I'AY YOU TO 8KE UH IiEKOItB INVpTINO. CARL KNGENIMW. Real Kitlnte. CrZ WECIAL BALE ON ALL IIAT6- trlmmcd and unlrlmmcd (it the WowuM Shop. 7-31 18 YOUH HANK ACCOUNT RIIOWINfl? MAKE IT (SHOW A HIT NEXT 'AY DAYI 1 (P. 8,: And don't forget to gel that other War Bav- j Ings tunip this month.) i I IIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII i I COLUMBUS STATE BANK 1 1 A..J. WELD, Cashier I 1 s S-i mt u 1 1 u i u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 in 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n t n n i u i H 1 1 1 1 1 u t t t-i-i w rT ft Hot Weather Convewencts H HWWIHIIIIIIHllWtiW Thera ii no use of the ladies of thti city maklnjj houiekeenlni! a burden when ihcrc-arc to many ' clectrk. .ancci to lighten the work. You can cook breiikfmt on an electric toaiiter, clean house with a Vacuum cleaner, and do your iron- intj with an electric Iron. If you will call up Wc t will icnd a man down to explain their merits. The Columbus Ice i Electric Ci. Tho Columbua Dally Courier Is 70 o per month, m or tmitr,